Here we go again. Time to gaze into the crystal ball and predict the final outcome of the 2022-23 Premier League season.
This annual act of folly was a qualified success last season, with the top three predicted in the correct order along with the relegation of Burnley and Watford. However, guarded optimism for Manchester United and pessimism for Brentford were wide of the mark.
Getting my excuses in first? Well, there is still almost a month of the transfer window to go.
This season, forecasting those who will go down is a particularly hazardous occupation - as is this whole enterprise - but here goes.